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as in paradox
someone or something with qualities or features that seem to conflict with one another
a loving father as well as a ruthless killer, the gangster is a living contradiction
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as in denial
a refusal to confirm the truth of a statement
the actress's contradiction of the marriage rumor caused quite a stir
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Recent Examples of contradiction
Jackson struggled to understand the contradictions.
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Mike Hixenbaugh, NBC news, 12 May 2025
At 1,200 pages, this is not a book for the casual reader, and Chernow never quite gets to the core of the contradictions in Twain’s conflicted soul.
—Mary Ann Gwinn, Los Angeles Times, 9 May 2025
Cannabis laws are a patchwork of contradictions, quirks, and outright oddities.
—Tribune Content Agency, Mercury News, 6 May 2025
This juxtaposition—and apparent contradiction—seems to be everywhere at the moment.
—Jon Allsop, New Yorker, 2 May 2025
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Mike Hixenbaugh, NBC news, 12 May 2025
At 1,200 pages, this is not a book for the casual reader, and Chernow never quite gets to the core of the contradictions in Twain’s conflicted soul.
—Mary Ann Gwinn, Los Angeles Times, 9 May 2025
Cannabis laws are a patchwork of contradictions, quirks, and outright oddities.
—Tribune Content Agency, Mercury News, 6 May 2025
This juxtaposition—and apparent contradiction—seems to be everywhere at the moment.
—Jon Allsop, New Yorker, 2 May 2025
See All Example Sentences for contradiction
Recent Examples of Synonyms for contradiction
Noun
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This theory of form contains a paradox in practice.—
Lauren Michele Jackson,
New Yorker,
10 May 2025
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California’s climb to the world’s fourth-largest economy marks a milestone and illustrates a paradox.—
Aref Aziz,
Mercury News,
9 May 2025
Noun
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From Denial to Delay: The PR Playbook The UCS report also outlines how corporate PR strategies evolved over time—from denial to delay.—
Felicia Jackson,
Forbes.com,
14 May 2025
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That revenue is simply written off because appealing denials is too slow, expensive, and broken to fix manually.—
William Jones,
USA Today,
14 May 2025
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Out of the 60,000 babies born in New Zealand last year, there were 71 rejections, according to an Official Information Act inquiry.—
Charna Flam,
People.com,
10 May 2025
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Largely unknown, with few public remarks, Souter was considered a politically palatable choice as the contentious Senate rejection of Reagan nominee Robert Bork three years earlier still rattled Washington.—
Maureen Groppe,
USA Today,
10 May 2025
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“Contradiction.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/contradiction. Accessed 23 May. 2025.
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